Heavy metals cadmium, lead, mercury and

12 Heavy metals cadmium, lead, mercury and chromium (VI) 

Heavy metals, sueh as cadmium, lead and mercury, have been used in certain dyes and pigments, which are used for textiles. These metals can accumulate in the body over time and are highly toxic, with irreversible effects including damage to the nervous system (lead and mercury) or the kidneys (cadmium). Cadmimn is also known to cause cancer. 

Uses of chromimn (VI) include certain textile processes and leather taiming. It is highly toxic even at low concentrations, including too many aquatic organisms. Within the EU, cadmium, mercury and lead have been classified as priority hazardous substances under regulations that require measru es to be taken to eliminate their pollution of surface waters in Europe. Uses of cadmium, mercury and lead have been severely restricted in Europe for some time, including certain specific uses of mercury and cadmium in textiles. 

Your skin is the largest, most absorptive organ of your body. What you put on the outside, ends up inside. Let s wrap ourselves in the goodness of herbs and bring life back to our skin with the ancient knowledge of Ayurveda. 

In fact we visited some of the chemical dyeing plant and it was almost next to impossible for us to breath over there. So we were just wondering that under what circumstances the workforce/labours would be woiking there when we could not manage to stand even for a short while and how this kind of unhygienic and toxic environment would be hazardous and lead to various health related issues of those labours. 

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Most, if not all, fluorescent pigments do not contain any of the Coalition of North Eastern Governors (CONEG) heavy metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, and hexa-valent chromium). In fact, to the authofs knowledge, no heavy metals are used in the manufacture of any fluorescent colorants. 

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